EASTER FUN WITH KIDS

In the US, it is traditional to decorate Easter Eggs. Unfortunately eggs take skill to cook and eggs can rot outside the fridge. So A NEW IDEA. Take candy shaped like bunnies, eggs, etc. and decorate them using cake decorating techniques.

This is REALLY EASY. First you make frosting, put the frosting into multiple bowls and color the frosting. (Have some confectioner's sugar around in case you need to stiffen the frosting.) Use the frosting to make clothes. Use a blunt knife to spread the frosting. If you have cake decorating tools, you can use it to make eyes, buttons, etc. Or you can use cake decorating stuff to do this. I like the little tubes of colored frosting sold in most large groceries. Sprinkles are also fun. (Do I really have to tell you that you color frosting by putting drops of food coloring into the frosting and then stirring it in?)

If you are on a budget, and do not know anything about cake decorating, you should get food coloring, and a frosting can.

Let the kids get COVERED with frosting. Almost all US houses have bathtubs waiting to clean the mess. Have them wear old clothes.

Allow creativity to rule the enterprise. If the weather is nice, set up a table outside and leave them to the mess. In any event, you should watch from the sidelines and keep your mouth SHUT unless there is some sort of danger.

Frosting is mostly sugar and butter. There is nothing in this project that can cause harm unless you are the kind of helicopter mom that thinks an occasional bout of sugar can harm children. If so, I feel sorry that I can not invite your children over to my house so they can be kids for awhile.